At St Oswald’s about 20% of our pupils are from service families (the highest proportion of service pupils of any primary school in York), with most parents based at nearby Imphal Barracks. We have worked hard to understand the particular needs and issues facing service families and pupils and to ensure that we support them as well as we can. In particular, we try to make sure that the impact of mobility is minimised by giving pupils a smooth transition into and out of our school. The documents below give some idea of how we do this:
Supporting service pupils and families